swift or trans am

Closer to home the better. TA is reefer-right? Dry van is easier for a newbee. Right now, ya better just grab whatever you can in Michigan. Good Luck !!!!!!!!!!

 

I would have to agree with this, totally. Can't be too picky right now. Reefer isnt that bad. I ran reefer while on my 2nd mentor's truck (not all the time but 70% of the loads were) and its not that bad. once the doors are closed, and you're all fueled up and rolling down the road, it looks just like a dry van from the left seat anyway. =)

 

I would be very skeptical, be very specific in regards to what you want with them. I won't say anything bad about them, but I will say that my recruiter slightly skewed his answers when I was asking these questions and let me believe some things that were just down right wrong. It's pretty much the same way with any carrier if you are just starting out, so I would expect it and be prepared.

 

Dark does drive for Swift as do I. He and I both are on dedicated fleets (not the same one)

If you go OTR I will warn you that you're just not going to be home every weekend.

You'll get home when the freight gets you there.

 

I'm a current driver for TA. Company. If you go with them, they will try to get you to lease and you DON"T WANT TO DO THAT. I'm making more as a company driver than most L/O's do.

Hometime. You have a form that you put in at least 8 days before you want to go home and if its accepted, 97% of the time your good. I have been screwed twice on it tho. Not to bad for a years time. The sooner y6ou put your request in, the better for you.

TA is all autos. Trainers, like everybody else, you have your good and bad ones. They seem to feel that if you have 90 days with them, your qualified to be a trainer.
Mine wasn't that good but still got thru it and learned more on my own than I ever did with him. Read and learn the policy book, especially when it comes to what you can be paid for.

Miles, it can vary depending on the year and what kind of DM you have. I've had as little as 1800 to as much as 3300 a week. They'll start you out at the lower limit and give you plenty of times on the loads and will slowly increase your miles as you prove yourself. A GOOD DM IS VERY IMPORTANT.

Don't know what is going on at the moment but 5 hrs after coming off of home time, still waiting on a load. This has never happened before. They may not be good on preplans but usually, within a hr after your mty call, you have another load.

Hope this helps out some.

 

I'm just starting with Swift, live 15mi from there New Boston yard, as far as starting out closer to home is better, was told local not going to happen as to they are cutting alot of them out, right now trying to get in the Canadan gig home weekends and some nights through the week